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              <p>Welcome to The USGenWeb Project! We are a group of volunteers working   together to provide free genealogy websites for genealogical research in every   county and every state of the United States. This Project is non-commercial and   fully committed to free genealogy access for everyone.</p>
              <p>Organization is by county and state, and this website provides you with links   to all the state genealogy websites which, in turn, provide gateways to the   counties. The USGenWeb Project also sponsors important Special Projects at the   national level and this website provides an entry point to all of those pages,   as well.</p>
              <p>Clicking on a State Link (on the left) will take you to the State's website.   Clicking on the tabs above will take you to additional information and links. </p>
              <p>All of the volunteers who make up The USGenWeb Project are very proud of this   endeavor and hope that you will find their hard work both beneficial and   rewarding. Thank you for visiting!</p>
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              <h3 align="center">10th Anniversary<br /> <br />
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              <p><img src="photos/oldphoto1.jpg" width="175" height="200" align="right" />2006 marks the 10th Anniversary of the USGenWeb Project and I have been   looking back over those past 10 years. When the USGenWeb Project began, it was   one of the few (if not the only) centralized places on the internet to find   genealogy information and post a query. Those early state and county sites began  with links to the small amount of on-line information of interest to a family   historian and a query page. The only Special Project was the Archives. How far   the Project has come during the past 10 years! Now there are several special   projects and the states, counties and special projects sites of the Project not   only contain links; they are filled with information and transcribed records,   and more is being added every day by our wonderful, dedicated and hard working   volunteers.</p>
              <p>Ten years ago the internet, as we know it today, was in its infancy. The   things we take for granted today--e-mail, PCs, cell phones, digital cameras,   etc., were not in the average person's world. Family historians and professional   genealogists not only didn't use the internet, most had never heard of it.</p>
              <p>Over the past 10 years the internet has gone from obscurity to commonplace.   As the internet became an every day tool for millions of people. it changed the   way family historians do research. The availability of on-line, easily   accessible genealogy and historical information has fueled the phenomenal growth   of Genealogy as a hobby and, I'm proud to say, the Project has been right there   every step of the way. </p>
              <p>Everywhere we look we see genealogy reported as the fastest growing hobby in   the country. Now the internet is the first stop for beginning family historians   and is used extensively by experienced researchers. New &quot;How To&quot; genealogy books   devote chapters to using the internet, and it is a rare book that does not   recommend The USGenWeb Project as one of the first places to visit.</p>
              <p>While subscription sites have popped up everywhere on the web, The Project   has continued to offer free access to its vast wealth of information. The   USGenWeb Project is recognized as the premier site of free information, and the   Project's websites welcome well over a million visitors each day.</p>
              <p>The Project is where it is today because of the thousands of volunteers, both   past and present, who cared enough to devote, collectively, millions of hours to   gathering, transcribing and uploading information. </p>
              <p>To each and every volunteer, past and present, a heartfelt Thank You, because   you are ones who have made The Project the fabulous resource it is today.</p>
              <p>Linda Haas Davenport<br />
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